Yes, I have done that. The problem is that I will have to add manually add this PlayBack custom layout to each of the view.
Now more over, even if I do that, For each new instantiation of view, I have to do bunch of instiations. Like connecting to background service. Which is costly. So I was wondering, If I could have to inflate it only once. On Nov 30, 11:57 am, akkilis <[email protected]> wrote: > To add on, dont forget to add the constructor to the PlayBackView with > context and AttributeSet > > i.e. > > public PlayBackrView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) { > super(context, attrs); > ...... > ...... > } > > On Nov 30, 11:52 am, akkilis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Mahesh, > > > Why dont you make a different class, say PlayBackView, extending > > LinearLayout and place the layout of the common component "Playback > > bar" in a different layout xml, say playback.xml. > > > Now inflate the playback.xml in the PlayBackView. > > > Now you can add this your custom view in any of the layout xml (home, > > A, B, C) > > as: > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > > android" > > android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > android:layout_height="fill_parent"> > > <com.packagename.PlayBackView > > android:id="@+id/playbackview" > > android:layout_width="match_parent" > > android:layout_height="wrap_contentt" /> > > > <ImageView ------- etc etc/> > > </FrameLayout> > > > In the PlayBackView class, you can define the onClick handlers or any > > other event handler as you want. > > Hope this will help you. > > > On Nov 30, 7:59 am, MaheshSharma <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Hello All, > > > My app is kind of a music app and I have a playback bar that I need to > > > be visible across all the views. > > > > I had three activities, A/B/C. Instead of adding the playback bar > > > explicitly to all A,B,C. I added the Playback Bar to A and made A,B,C > > > as ActivityGroups. > > > > Since, A has the playback bar, now I when I start B from A, I call > > > setContentView from A to show B. > > > > The problem is, once I call setContentView to show B, and then if the > > > user presses back key in B, then it goes to home screen, instead of > > > coming to A. > > > > I have seen some snippets on web, which maintain the view stack and > > > when user presses the back key they pop up the previous view. > > > > I couldnt implement that. > > > > Questions : > > > 1) Is there any better way to having a activity like Playback bar/ > > > Status bars across all the views/activities ? > > > > 2) If the above way is the only way to do it,then how can I handle the > > > back key? > > > > With Regards > > > MS. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
